Ben Saraf's go-ahead jumper allowed Ulm to win in Hapoel coach Dimitris Itoudis's return to the competition
Ulm rallies past Hapoel, 80-81, on Saraf's game winner
Game Report
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ratiopharm Ulm returned to winning ways in Group B by edging Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 80-82 in Samokov, Bulgaria on Tuesday.
Both teams are now 5-4 in the standings at the regular season's halfway mark. Noa Essengue led the winners with 19 points and Alfonso Plummer and Justinian Jessup each added 14 for Ulm. Marcus Foster paced Hapoel with 21 points and Patrick Beverley added 18 for the hosts.
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Ragland sends Caboclo dunkin'! Magic Moment
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Jallow posterizes Blazevic! Magic Moment
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Roby throws down a hammer! Magic Moment
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Santos tomahawks the dunk! Magic Moment
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Caboclo’s big block! Magic Moment
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Essengue swats it away! Magic Moment
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Vincent Poirier: 'We made the right play at the right moment'
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Unbelievable block by Thompson! | Motorola Magic Moment of the Night
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Hezonja dunks over the entire defense! Motorola Magic Moment
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Poirier says no! Motorola Magic Moment
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Poirier’s putback with interest! Motorola Magic Moment
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Darius Thompson’s huge steal and slam! Motorola Magic Moment
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Essengue drops the bounce back dime! Magic Moment
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Ginat beats the buzzer! Magic Moment
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Motley assists Timor for the three-point play! Magic Moment
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Teenage hookup: Saraf to Essengue for big alley-oop! Magic Moment
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Foster throws it down with emphasis! Magic Moment
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Wainright chases down Ford! Magic Moment
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Jensen's monster dunk! Magic Moment of the Night
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Foster hammers it home! Magic Moment
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Essengue skies for the block! Magic Moment
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Magic Moment: Pustovyi dunks with force!
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Magic Moment: Roby with a one-handed dunk!
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Beverley got Hapoel going with a three-pointer. Ulm's Nelson Weidemann and Hapoel's Foster also hit one apiece from downtown. Then Essengue scored and Jessup joined the three-point shootout. Hapoel's Tomer Ginat stepped up with consecutive layups and Essengue scored a put-back dunk to tie it at 10-10. Bruno Caboclo took over with a fast-break layup that Ulm's Karim Jallow improved on with a three-point play. Beverley rescued Hapoel with a driving layup and Caboclo followed Bar Timor's triple with a power basket for a 20-14 score. Ben Saraf struck from beyond the arc, Hapoel's Antonio Blakeney erased it with a three-point play and Plummer's layup kept Ulm within 23-19. Ish Wainright sank a triple, getting help from Guy Palatin to keep the hosts fully in charge, 28-19, after 10 minutes.
Thomas Klepeisz buried a triple early in the second quarter and Essengue gave Ulm hope at 28-24. Wainright and Blakeney rescued Hapoel, then Foster's layup made it a double-digit lead, 34-24. Tobias Jensen stepped up with a driving layup, then Beverley and Wainright boosted their team's lead to 37-26. Jallow rescued Ulm with a big basket. Plummer added a three-pointer and followed Jessup's floater with a huge four-point play for a 37-39 Ulm lead, after a 0-13 run. Marcus Bingham took over with a layup-plus-foul, igniting an 11-0 run in which Joe Ragland, Ginat and Foster each scored around the basket. Nicolas Bratzel's three-point play fixed the halftime score at 48-42.
Foster scored around the basket soon after the break. Weidermann banked in an off-balance shot, then Ragland and Foster restored a 9-point Hapoel lead. Philipp Herkenhoff struck from downtown and Ragland matched that with an acrobatic three-point play. Essengue singlehandedly brought Ulm within 57-52. Foster and a red-hot Essengue traded fastbreak layups. Beverley's turnaround jumper gave Hapoel a 61-54 lead. After Bretzel scored in the paint, Isaiah Roby followed a three-pointer with a layup in transition that tied it at 61-61. Beverley followed a fadeaway jumper with a driving layup for a 65-61 Hapoel lead after 30 minutes.
Beverley took over with a reverse layup early in the fourth quarter. Jessup answered from downtown, Foster took over with a power layup and soon added a three-pointer that prompted Ulm to call timeout at 73-64. The visitors found a go-to guy in Jessup, who buried consecutive three-pointers to get Ulm as close as 75-72 with over 4 minutes left. Ragland buried a mid-range jumper, Jallow and Essengue each hit free throws and Foster's three-point play gave Hapoel some fresh air, 80-76, with 2:22 left. Plummer struck from beyond the arc and Saraf buried a jumper off a wild spin move for a 80-81 Ulm lead. Hapoel had a chance to win the game but Foster turned the ball over with 3.3 seconds left. Essengue drew a foul and missed his second attempt on purpose to run the game clock out.
